To develop an understanding, and demonstrate principles and practices, which enable the beneficial use or rehabilitation of landscape resources impacted by dryland salinity.

Specific Challenge | Strategies | Performance Indicators

Specific challenge

This objective recognises that some parts of the landscape are, or will become, salinised beyond repair and that they are a new resource that we should understand and use for the benefit of the community. Strategies and actions under this objective deal with existing uses such as saltland agronomy, aquaculture and biodiversity conservation, and allow for identification and development of new enterprises which might have biodiversity conservation, export or other economic value. Collaborative R&D with industry groups will be important components of actions under this objective.

Strategies

Strategy 3.1:

Review Australian and international knowledge relating to beneficial use and rehabilitation of salinised resources.

Strategy 3.2:

Develop, research, trial and demonstrate best management practices for use or rehabilitation of salinised resources with new and existing industries.

Strategy 3.3:

Develop, trial and demonstrate beneficial use and rehabilitation of salinised resources for biodiversity conservation.

Strategy 3.4:

Develop and trial practices to rehabilitate and manage infrastructure threatened by salinity and its impacts.

Strategy 3.5:

Use trials, demonstrations, and training manuals of best management practice to support beneficial use or rehabilitation of salinised resources in rainfed areas.

Performance indicators

1. Resource managers make beneficial use of salinised landscape resources.
2. Knowledge on beneficial use of salinised landscape resources is available.
3. Best management practices for use of salinised landscape resources are used by resource managers.
4. Some salinised landscape resources are used for biodiversity conservation.
5. Practices to manage infrastructure threatened by salinity are used by infrastructure owners and managers.

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